Matching Pairs Sentence Level ExcersiseOnline version Can you place the correct punctuation in the corresponding places? by Lauren Winn 1 When are commas used? 2 Alex gave her cat a bath __even though her cat hates bubbles __ every Tuesday to clean her cat of fleas. 3 When should you use commas? 4 Th librarian's primary interest drew him into the college library __ love for books and a quest for knowledge 5 What does a dash( --) do? 6 She would have loved to go to that concert __ but she had too much homework to do. 7 Bad ellipses 8 What does quotation marks ( " ") do in a sentence? 9 The well __ known doctor received recognition for his work __ he was able to perform heart surgery on an elephant. 10 What does parenthesis ( ) do? 11 What is a "no - no" of ellipses(...)? 12 What can a colon do? ( ) Gives credit to the original author and avoid plagiarism; enclosed titles of short works and appears in pairs. add extra information using it in the beginning or the ending of a quotation , "...Jesus wept" Bible John 11:35 - and ; : introduces a direct quotation Before nonrestrictive adverbial phrases FANBOYS interprets a thought in a more dramatic way